CVE-2026-84071
HighCVSS 7.2Summary
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to OS command injection in the Universal Connector plugin upload functionality. A privileged authenticated attacker can provide a malicious filename that is incorporated into a shell command executed by the application, potentially resulting in arbitrary command execution with root-level privileges.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation can lead to full system compromise with root privileges, threatening the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected data. It requires authenticated privileges, but the impact is critical.
Recommendation
Apply the vendor patch for IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 as soon as possible and restrict privileges of accounts allowed to use the Universal Connector plugin upload functionality.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Guardium Data Protection
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IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper authorization.
- CVE-2026-84239High
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- CVE-2026-84108High
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- CVE-2026-84106High
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation.
- CVE-2026-84105High
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- CVE-2026-84089High
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege management.
- CVE-2026-84086High
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory.
- CVE-2026-84085High
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
- CVE-2026-84084High
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
- CVE-2026-84083High
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the SUID-root nmap_wrapper binary on the Collector appliance. A local attacker with low-privileged access to the Collector can exploit insufficient argument validation in the SUID binary to execute arbitrary commands as root, resulting in full compromise of the Collector appliance.
Original NVD description (English source)
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to OS command injection in the Universal Connector plugin upload functionality. A privileged authenticated attacker can provide a malicious filename that is incorporated into a shell command executed by the application, potentially resulting in arbitrary command execution with root-level privileges.